Conduct situational analysis
  • Statement of the Problem: Describe the performance problem that seems to require an intervention.
  • Work Environment: Define culture, department responsibilities, or inputs/outputs. Describe all factors that may influence performance.
  • Target Audience: Describe employees involved by job roles, estimated current performance level, and estimated required performance level.
  • Sponsor: Describe champion, who is the senior-level person committed to the performance improvement and will stand behind the effort if a setback or problem arises.
  • Performance Improvement Goal: Write overall anticipated benefits and changes to individuals.
  • Measures of Success: Write anticipated benefits and changes to organization and department.

Conduct performance analysis
  • Conduct organizational analysis
    • Complete organizational analysis survey
  • Conduct environmental analysis
    • Analyze organizational environment
    • Analyze work environment
    • Analyze work
    • Analyze worker
  • Conduct gap analysis
    • Identify the gaps
    • Prioritize the gaps that are identified
  • Conduct cause analysis
    • Identify the driver or cause of the performance gap
    • Classify the driver or cause by determining where it originates within Rothwell's classification of the environment of human performance (organizational environment, work environment, work, worker)
    • Prioritize the driver or cause according to high or low impact on the performance environment
    • Generate as many cause examples as possible
  • Select and design intervention